diff --git a/extensions/signal/src/monitor.tool-result.test-harness.ts b/extensions/signal/src/monitor.tool-result.test-harness.ts
index 11d3d9fb19fa..f5466382d95e 100644
--- a/extensions/signal/src/monitor.tool-result.test-harness.ts
+++ b/extensions/signal/src/monitor.tool-result.test-harness.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
   createChannelIngressQueueForTests,
 } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/plugin-state-test-runtime";
 import type { MockFn } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/plugin-test-runtime";
+import { closeOpenClawAgentDatabasesForTest } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/sqlite-runtime-testing";
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, vi } from "vitest";
 import type { SignalDaemonHandle } from "./daemon.js";
 import { setSignalRuntime } from "./runtime.js";
@@ -40,9 +41,7 @@ const streamMock = vi.hoisted(() => vi.fn()) as unknown as MockFn;
 const signalCheckMock = vi.hoisted(() => vi.fn()) as unknown as MockFn;
 const signalRpcRequestMock = vi.hoisted(() => vi.fn()) as unknown as MockFn;
 const spawnSignalDaemonMock = vi.hoisted(() => vi.fn()) as unknown as MockFn;
-const signalToolResultSessionStorePath = vi.hoisted(
-  () => `/tmp/openclaw-signal-tool-result-sessions-${process.pid}.json`,
-);
+const signalToolResultSessionStore = vi.hoisted(() => ({ path: "" }));
 let signalToolResultStateDir: string | undefined;
 let signalToolResultIngressQueue: ReturnType<typeof createChannelIngressQueueForTests> | undefined;
 
@@ -149,7 +148,7 @@ vi.mock("openclaw/plugin-sdk/session-store-runtime", async () => {
   );
   return {
     ...actual,
-    resolveStorePath: vi.fn(() => signalToolResultSessionStorePath),
+    resolveStorePath: vi.fn(() => signalToolResultSessionStore.path),
     updateLastRoute: (...args: unknown[]) => updateLastRouteMock(...args),
     readSessionUpdatedAt: vi.fn(() => undefined),
     recordSessionMetaFromInbound: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
@@ -175,7 +174,10 @@ vi.mock("openclaw/plugin-sdk/channel-inbound", async () => {
             }
             return {
               ...resolved,
-              replyResolver: (...replyArgs: unknown[]) => replyMock(...replyArgs),
+              replyResolver: async (...replyArgs: unknown[]) => {
+                await resolved.replyOptions?.turnAdoptionLifecycle?.onAdopted();
+                return await replyMock(...replyArgs);
+              },
             } as typeof resolved;
           },
         },
@@ -264,6 +266,7 @@ export function installSignalToolResultTestHooks() {
     );
     const stateDir = await fs.realpath(createdStateDir);
     signalToolResultStateDir = stateDir;
+    signalToolResultSessionStore.path = path.join(stateDir, "sessions.json");
     signalToolResultIngressQueue = undefined;
     setSignalRuntime({
       logging: {
@@ -294,7 +297,7 @@ export function installSignalToolResultTestHooks() {
     } as unknown as PluginRuntime);
     config = {
       messages: { responsePrefix: "PFX" },
-      session: { store: signalToolResultSessionStorePath },
+      session: { store: signalToolResultSessionStore.path },
       channels: {
         signal: { autoStart: false, dmPolicy: "open", allowFrom: ["*"] },
       },
@@ -318,10 +321,12 @@ export function installSignalToolResultTestHooks() {
   afterEach(async () => {
     clearSignalRuntimeForTest();
     signalToolResultIngressQueue = undefined;
+    closeOpenClawAgentDatabasesForTest();
     closeOpenClawStateDatabaseForTest();
     if (signalToolResultStateDir) {
       await fs.rm(signalToolResultStateDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
       signalToolResultStateDir = undefined;
     }
+    signalToolResultSessionStore.path = "";
   });
 }
diff --git a/src/channels/plugins/target-parsing-loaded.test.ts b/src/channels/plugins/target-parsing-loaded.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7cf7cc6fe63a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/channels/plugins/target-parsing-loaded.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+
+const getLoadedChannelPluginForRead = vi.hoisted(() => vi.fn());
+const getChannelPlugin = vi.hoisted(() => vi.fn());
+
+vi.mock("./index.js", () => ({
+  getChannelPlugin,
+  normalizeChannelId: (raw?: string | null) => raw?.trim().toLowerCase() || null,
+}));
+
+vi.mock("./registry-loaded.js", () => ({
+  getLoadedChannelPluginForRead,
+}));
+
+import { resolveExplicitDeliveryTargetCompat } from "./target-parsing-loaded.js";
+
+describe("resolveExplicitDeliveryTargetCompat", () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    getLoadedChannelPluginForRead.mockReset();
+    getChannelPlugin.mockReset();
+  });
+
+  it("keeps unloaded channels on generic parsing without activating a plugin", () => {
+    getLoadedChannelPluginForRead.mockReturnValue(undefined);
+
+    expect(
+      resolveExplicitDeliveryTargetCompat({
+        channel: " LegacyChat ",
+        rawTarget: " room-a ",
+        fallbackThreadId: "77",
+      }),
+    ).toEqual({
+      channel: "legacychat",
+      rawTo: "room-a",
+      to: "room-a",
+      threadId: "77",
+      chatType: undefined,
+    });
+    expect(getLoadedChannelPluginForRead).toHaveBeenCalledWith("legacychat");
+    expect(getChannelPlugin).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("preserves the deprecated parser contract for an already-loaded plugin", () => {
+    const parseExplicitTarget = vi.fn(() => ({
+      to: "room-a",
+      threadId: 42,
+      chatType: "group" as const,
+    }));
+    getLoadedChannelPluginForRead.mockReturnValue({
+      messaging: { parseExplicitTarget },
+    });
+
+    expect(
+      resolveExplicitDeliveryTargetCompat({
+        channel: "legacychat",
+        rawTarget: "room-a:topic:42",
+      }),
+    ).toEqual({
+      channel: "legacychat",
+      rawTo: "room-a:topic:42",
+      to: "room-a",
+      threadId: 42,
+      chatType: "group",
+    });
+    expect(parseExplicitTarget).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ raw: "room-a:topic:42" });
+    expect(getChannelPlugin).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/channels/plugins/target-parsing-loaded.ts b/src/channels/plugins/target-parsing-loaded.ts
index ca4b2154f533..1eb9b864dcf2 100644
--- a/src/channels/plugins/target-parsing-loaded.ts
+++ b/src/channels/plugins/target-parsing-loaded.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import {
   normalizeOptionalThreadValue,
 } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/string-coerce";
 import type { ChannelRouteParsedTarget } from "../../plugin-sdk/channel-route.js";
-import { getChannelPlugin, normalizeChannelId } from "./index.js";
+import { normalizeChannelId } from "./index.js";
 import { getLoadedChannelPluginForRead } from "./registry-loaded.js";
 
 /** Preserves the shipped `parseExplicitTarget` SDK contract until its deprecation window ends. */
@@ -19,13 +19,10 @@ export function resolveExplicitDeliveryTargetCompat(params: {
     return null;
   }
   const normalizedChannel = normalizeChannelId(channel) ?? channel;
-  const parsed =
-    getLoadedChannelPluginForRead(normalizedChannel)?.messaging?.parseExplicitTarget?.({
-      raw: rawTo,
-    }) ??
-    getChannelPlugin(normalizedChannel)?.messaging?.parseExplicitTarget?.({
-      raw: rawTo,
-    });
+  // This deprecated hook belongs to the active plugin. Source-loading a bundled
+  // plugin here turns every target parse into broad runtime discovery.
+  const plugin = getLoadedChannelPluginForRead(normalizedChannel);
+  const parsed = plugin?.messaging?.parseExplicitTarget?.({ raw: rawTo });
   return {
     channel,
     rawTo,